Although challenging to Ethical Review Committees, there may need to be a greater reliance on the spoken word in the case of some ethnic minorities (for example, the use of approved, recorded presentations and consent processes), and the role of the family in decision making may need to more fully acknowledged.
Breech presentation was identified in the Midwives Data Collection by a tick box recording presentation at birth.
Primary and additional reasons for each presentation were recorded; multiple presentations occurring on the same day were separately enumerated.
Cardiac specific troponin I was recorded on presentation to the ED, 6 8 h after presentation, and 24 h after presentation, if available.
Stimuli were presented, and response times recorded, using Presentation software (Neurobehavioral Systems, San Francisco, CA).
We included all patients 18 years of age or above who were alive at presentation to the ED/ambulance, who had SBP measured and recorded at presentation, and who had a valid Danish personal identification number [ 6].
Best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), IOP and disc appearance were recorded at presentation, one week, one months, six months, one year after presentation and at the last documented visit.
The demographic variables recorded at presentation were age, sex, occupation, type of exposure to Brucella, associated illnesses, clinical presentation, and diagnostic delay.
Figure 1 shows the Hess chart recorded at presentation.
